Where legal (or legal restrictions are ignored), dancers may offer additional services such as lap dances or a trip to the champagne room for a set fee rather than a tip.Strippers can be contracted for performances outside the strip club environment.

Touching of strippers is not permitted in many localities.This precarious employment is accepted because of the stigma associated with exotic dancing.Dancers use props such as make-up, clothing, costumes, and appealing fragrances to complete their character and maintain their "front." Strippers, when working, are most likely to be found at strip clubs.Most clubs have a dancer rotation where each dancer in turn will perform for one or more songs in a fixed sequence which repeats during a shift.More informal clubs will have dancers take turns when a stage becomes empty or have a free flow of entertainers where the stage has any number of entertainers who wander off and on at will.

Performances are usually fully choreographed, involve dance routines and a costume of some sort.